Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121660 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2084
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
In this paper we discuss the evolution of labor productivity in the formal, informal and other households units sectors disaggregated by economic activity. Based on a modified shift-share that deals with the loss of additivity problem, we found that aggregate productivity grew 7% between 2001 and 2009 due to the formal sector - once informal activities contributed negatively - and positive contributions of productivity within activities (direct effect) and from occupation's composition (occupation effect). By excluding activities with high share of non-mercantile and imputed in total production, we found different results: aggregate productivity growth was only 2.2%, lower positive contribution from the formal sector, negative direct effect and positive occupation effect. Thus, it is urgent to adopt public policies in order to reduce informality and to promote a structural change in favor of higher added value activities.
Subjects: 
labor productivity
formal and informal sectors
national accounts
JEL: 
J24
O17
E01
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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